mardi 26 juin 2012

"Fräulein Elisabeth von R." is the pseudonym Freud gave to Ilona Weiss, a
young woman of Hungarian origin, whose case is described in the Studies on Hysteria
(1895d) and whom he treated in the fall of 1892 and July 1893. The
third daughter in a well-to-do Hungarian family, Elisabeth von R. was
twenty-four years old when Freud treated her in the autumn of 1892 for
pains in her legs and difficulties walking, problems she had been
experiencing for two years. He confirmed the diagnosis of hysteria that had been made and noted that "if one pressed or pinched the hyperalgesic
skin and muscles of her legs, her face assumed a peculiar expression,
which was one of pleasure rather than pain. She cried out—and I could
not help thinking that it was as though she was having a voluptuous tickling sensation—her face flushed, she threw back her head and shut her eyes and her body bent backwards" (1895d, p. 137). Case of Elisabeth von R.